echwyn
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proto-Celtic *exs-skʷend-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *skend, *skʷend- (“jump, climb”). Compare cychwyn.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛχ.wɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛχ.wɪn/
Noun[edit]
echwyn m (plural echwynion)
Adjective[edit]
echwyn (feminine singular echwyn, plural echwyn, not comparable)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| echwyn | unchanged | unchanged | hechwyn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “echwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies